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Wednesday, January ro-o-in-r-"--"--"""- M. S. Merritt Begs to Announce That He Has in Stock For Immediate Delivery, the Following: FLOUR, BUCK WHEAT FLOUR, ROLLED OATS, CHOPPED'OATS, BEAN, SHORTS, CRACKED CORN, CHOPPED CORN, MIXED CHOP, OIL CAKE, MIXED CHICKEN FEED, OYSTER SHELLS AND GRIT, AND GROUND BONE AND MEAT SCRAP Phone Smithville 4 5 A rare ct Now is the busy. Help to create a job for every man. alr’rosperlty tor an. Do it now. Save money while doing so. READ EVERY ITEM OF THIS ADVERTISEMENT VERY' CAREFULLY. EACH ONE IS A GENUINE BARGAIN Your choice of twenty splendid patterns (all stripes) variety of colors, suitable for all rooms all new;.22 inches wide. Sale price, per roll.... .... .... .... .... .... .. Genuine Oatmeal, of the best quality. Special sale price, while this lot lasts. Per roll. . . . . . . . . . . . J. . . . b Your choice of five magnificent Tapestries. Special clearing price for this sale. Per roll. . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . PHONE 239 Also have a large stock ot feed corn on hand at prlces LU sun. . customers. Located at Grassies Station in the Grain Warehouse. Open for business Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Great Annual Sale Of 'iilit WALL PAPER (iiiticiitss ft“: l Li, ANNOUNCEMENT PILOT "SUCCESS" "r---------"-""'""""} DO NOT WAIT UNTIL SPRING RUSH chance to save on good up-to-the-minute Wall Paper; 1e time to get your Decoratingldone while we are not QUALITY WALL PAPERS II, 1922. att-tut--"--" PIPELESS FURNACE R-s, . FARROW or Grassies Station, Phone 97 R-I4. THE There is not a more healthful, effective or economical heater on the market than the Pilot "SUCCESS" Pipeless Fur- hand at prices to suit m-HN--} rosperity for all. GRIMSBY, ONT. -tt--"--tt. l-it-l in a good 20c 25c 40c THE AUCTION SALE There is a memory to which you do not readily unlock the doors of heart :nd mind. It is that ot the auction sale. . There was an early thrill of excite- ment in the first one you remember.‘ But behind it was a feeling to which you could not give expression. It was lmos't overwhelming when the thought struck you that you were leaving the house where you were born. You didn't know until then how much you loved that house, every nook and cranny of it, nor had you. re lized how attractive was the kit- chen garden and the bit of lawn on which Dad decl red you and your brothers and sisters might play cro- quet with the set he had brought from town when you celebrated your eleventh birthday. A wonderful gift that most of your toys heretofore had been home-made or survivors of a strenuous existence with your older brothers and sisters. I The auctioneer was the smartest ‘man in tour counties, so people often 7s id. You had believed them until the day of the auction sale at your home,and you had often laughed over the antics he had indulged in when you visited aunt Sarah at Simpson's Corners where be lodged. But on the day when he sold the stock and mos‘t‘ of the 'furniture of your home, there didn't seem to be much point to his quips and jests. Others laughed at them, the young folks particularly, and you wondered why. You won- dered more than ever when you found mother in a sheltered spot in the or- chard crying quietly. Two or three women neighbors were trying to \comfort and cheer her and crying while they tried. Then you went back to Dad withl an ache in your heart. As you put your hand in his he looked down, startled, then smiled gravely and gave your hand a gentle squeeze. Until you were too tired to stand any longer and had to sit down on the bench that Grandpa had, made, Dad let your hand stay in his without a suggestion that you should go to mo- ther or play with the other young- sters. His lips trembled sometimes you thought, and you were quite pos- itive that his hand did. The auction proved to be a long and tedious business, after all not half so interesting as you had thought it would be. And some ot the men who had acted as though it were a holiday time, began to get quarrel- some and very noisy as the day went on. It reequired the combined ef- forts of your father, the auctioneer and the minister to keep them from fighting. A few things were bid in by uncle Jim for mother and dad; the old clock, the bed warmer, the spin- ning wheel that crafty Tobias Mor- THE INDEPENDENT, GRIMSBY, ONTARIO It gas to be had, and many had to throw m the burners out pt their stoves and en scurry around for other fuel pro- a ducts. Just why the company is so 31‘ anxious to.obtain franchise in Beams- ‘Iilft ville and Grimsby w.hen they are ap- 2 - parently short in the Smithville field, 'rf-Talker-mystery to us. They had better {ml give a little service to what they now In have in hand without going to new he territory to increase their trouble. .n- possibly they have the gas in the "t fields and their equipment is at fault. indeed are in the great city now. They come home for their holidays boisterous and happyr There is even the patter of little feet around the house agairr---a gr ndchild and you scarce grey. There will always be : place for the children, so long as your life's partner and yourself have hearts to love and hr in to plan. Life has its compensations in spite of its tri 1s. A notice tacked to a telegraph pole caught your eye Jout yesterday. "Auc- tion Sale" _ were the words of its heading, and all the Cmiliar reading followed. You know the man wrtre stock and effects were to be disposed ot, nd wondered it he cared for and cherished them as your parents had done theirs, and whether the home that he was 1e wing was as dear to him as that in which you were born. And then by some curious quirk of memory you pictured a day when you h d yourself played auctioneer in the old home, shouting time honored phrases that you had heard the older folks use in describing real “uctiors, and using a bit ot firewood for a hammer. Sltfflllllllli GAS USERS lllllllllrl'iiil WITH Siilllllllli Do you remember? (Copyrighted by British & Colonial Pretuf Limited) Last' month Grimsby residents granted a franchise to the Chippewa Gas. Co. to lay mains and supply gas tor heating and lighting purposes. The same Company supplies Smith- ville with gas and from all accounts the services and supply provided our southern neighbors is very unsatis- factory. The Smithville' Review ot Jan. 4th under the caption "The Gas Situa- tion" comments as_to11oys: “Users of natural gas in the Smith- ville district are becoming quite dis- gusted with the service being render- ed by the Chipewa Gas and Oil Co., due to the fact that when the coldest weather arrives as on Monday and Tuesday last, there 'was little or no W1, - lIlIIIIIIIIIllllllllllIllIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllll||l|ll|||lllllm ICE! ICE! ICE! We are making contracts for next season for Supply to Stores, Restaurants, etc. Contracts made now at low rate for full season. Come in and learn our terms for the season. BREAD __ "England! What for mine and me, What hath Bread tax done for thee? Cursed thy harvest, cursed thy land, Hunger-stung thy skilled right hand!" .---Befkore repeal of the "Corn Laws". We Have No Corn Laws in Canada BREAD IS YOUR BEST FOOD-EAT MORE OF IT! BUY IN GRIMSBY Our BREAD is for sale in all grocery stores in Grimsby and can be got in most stores in the district. GROWERS COLD STORAGE & ICE co. Your Ambition Grimsby Branch, Capital Paid up $15,000,000 Reserve Fund $15,000,000 “on: MADE] 'iriri7i"iiriTEiiis: iiiiiiilj"itJliiiii'li,l CANADIAN B1 OF COMMERCE It gives courage in present difficulties and confidence for the future. No beginning is too small and no aim too high. _ whatever it may be, will be more easily achieved if yotuhave creat- ed a strong ally in the shape of a Savings Bank balance. A. C. Turner, Manager. Main Street "tiiore, phohe 108% THE PEOPLE'S CRY: CAKES GRIMSBY PAST RY THREE